Comments for sursumcorda.salemsattic.com/post/eats-shoots-and-leaves

Comment #2426

2011-06-07T20:29:19Z

I get it from you, Mom (:

Comment #2425

2011-06-07T19:47:55Z

Change, chance, pronunciation, punctuation, whatever. Not your fault Stephan; apparently I can neither type nor read....

Comment #2424

2011-06-07T19:39:51Z

You know your joke was a miss when it spawns several explanatory comments! Yes, I meant what Heather guessed, though not referring to the "chance" I'd also spotted. The "correct" punctuation referred to my keeping the "full stop" outside of the quotation marks.

Comment #2423

2011-06-07T16:06:48Z

I was taught that punctuation always belongs inside the quotation marks, but I thought that didn't make sense because it would be unclear whether the punctuation belongs to the quotation or not. In English that distinction probably matters rarely, but when programming a computer it always matters. So I do it the logical way rather than the "correct" way.

Comment #2422

2011-06-07T15:11:47Z

You once corrected my commas outside the quotes somewhere, and I thought it was odd, but figured I didn't know what I was talking about. Apparently, I was taught the British way or something....

Comment #2421

2011-06-06T11:24:21Z

"Drab==grey, Yank==North American." You are such a nerd. :)

Comment #2420

2011-06-06T11:23:20Z

Oops. I meant "name change" also....

Oh, and I also think I just figured out what he meant by "correct" pronunciation. Not exactly "drab." More like what the Red Sox fans call the NYC team. I was tired last night.

Comment #2419

2011-06-06T11:06:23Z

I think he means, "name change" and Drab==grey, Yank==North American

Comment #2418

2011-06-06T00:39:13Z

Hmmm. Sorry, that one went over my head.

Comment #2417

2011-06-05T18:50:23Z

Or "the Drab Yank Squirrel". With "correct" punctuation.

Comment #2416

2011-06-04T20:08:56Z

Perhaps the Isle of Wight is requiring a name chance to "the North American grey squirrel."

Comment #2415

2011-06-04T19:37:40Z

I recently learned about the British punctuation rules regarding quotation marks. I too see the logic in keeping the quotation's integrity but it feels so wrong to do it that way.

Unrelated trivia you may enjoy: according an episode (S03E01) of the BBC comedy quiz show "QI," the North American gray squirrel has not made it to the Isle of Wight despite introduction to the United Kingdom.

Comment #2414

2011-06-04T17:52:37Z

Touché. Thanks.

Comment #2413

2011-06-04T17:44:24Z

Punctuation matters, and so does spelling. Is the title supposed to have these problems? "Eats, Shoots a& Leaves: Th Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation"